Month: December 2020

6:59 PM ET Saturday’s game between Oregon and Washington has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Thursday. Washington is below the required 53 scholarship players available to play, due to positive cases of COVID-19 and related contact tracing protocols, the conference said. The game will be declared a no contest and the Huskies (3-1) will finish
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7:04 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman are both “very unlikely” to play in the team’s three preseason games, coach Steve Kerr said Thursday. “Neither one will play Saturday and very unlikely to play either game in Sacramento, too,” Kerr said during a video conference call
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6:46 PM ET Duke announced Thursday it would not play any more nonconference basketball games this season “out of an abundance of caution due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to allow the Blue Devils’ student-athletes time over the holidays to spend with their families.” As a result, the Blue Devils will no longer play Gardner-Webb
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6:22 PM ET HE’S ONLY JUST begun unwinding the white Everlast wrist strapping amid a chorus of “well done, Timmy” and “good onya, mate,” when Tim Tszyu stops, takes a deep breath, and follows it with one of the more relieved exhales of his life. After a momentary pause, he shifts his gaze onto his
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6:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Dave Dombrowski is finalizing a deal to take over as president of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies, ending their search for a top executive with one of the most accomplished of
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5:30 PM ET ESPN and the SEC announced Thursday that they have reached a 10-year deal beginning in 2024 that will make the network the exclusive rights holder of SEC football and men’s basketball. The deal provides the network, including ABC, up to 15 premier football games, such as the SEC championship game and rivalry
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5:49 PM ET Baylor is temporarily closing its football facilities as a precaution because of the coronavirus but still hopes to play its regular-season finale against Oklahoma State on Saturday. “At this time and in the interest of our student-athletes, coaches, and staff, we have temporarily closed our football facility and are taking all possible
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Cycling’s governing body the UCI has announced a series of new safety measures for road racing in 2021. Stricter rules for motorcycle riders and television helicopter pilots in race convoys are to be introduced. New regulations over the potentially dangerous conduct of riders and rider safety from on-course obstacles and barriers are also included.external-link It
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4:38 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills announced a multiyear contract extension Thursday for general manager Brandon Beane, who has been with the team since 2017. Since arriving in western New York from the Carolina Panthers‘ front office shortly after the Bills hired coach Sean McDermott, Beane has revamped Buffalo’s
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4:21 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Infielder Nate Lowe was traded from the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays to the Texas Rangers on Thursday for minor league catcher and outfielder Heriberto Hernandez. As part of the swap, Tampa Bay also acquired minor league infielder Osleivis Basabe and minor league outfielder Alexander Ovalles, and
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4:34 PM ET Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson stepped down as coach on Thursday and will become coach at Utah State, sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Anderson spent the last seven seasons at Arkansas State, leading the Red Wolves to two conference championships and six bowl games. Arkansas State assistant head coach and offensive coordinator
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3:54 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers inside linebacker Vince Williams was put on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, creating an even bigger depth problem for the position. Williams, who was also on the list earlier this season as a high-risk close contact of Vance McDonald, will likely miss Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. A positive
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3:29 PM ET Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died. He was 84. Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr., the Hall of Fame said Thursday that Olmedo died of brain
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4:01 PM ET UFC is targeting a lightweight matchup between Islam Makhachev and Drew Dober in early 2021, sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed and there is no official date, but March 6 is the leading option as of now. Both sides have already verbally agreed to the matchup. Makhachev (18-1) was scheduled
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